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The local plastics industry will once again demonstrate its commitment to cleaning up the environment and removing plastics litter from rivers, streams, oceans and neighbourhoods when the annual Clean-up and Recycle SA Week takes place from 16-21 September 2019. According to Douw Steyn, Sustainability Director of Plastics|SA, this is the 23rd
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Amut, Hall 16 , Booth A05 Amut Group carries on with the motto “Go Green” firstly launched during Chinaplas 2019 edition and offers several solutions to support the circular economy. The friction washer, patented machine exhibited, performs intense PET/HDPE/LDPE washing and pollutants removal action. Thanks to the strong cleaning force of
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Gneuss, Hall 9, Booth A38 Gneuss Filtration Technology will be exhibiting different models of the patented Rotary Filtration Systems. These continuous filtration systems are characterised by a filter disk on which the screen cavities are located in a ring pattern. Screens can be changed on the part of the filter disk
Read moreThe European recycling industry is going to miss a 2025 target for recycling PET bottles unless there is a reversal of the slowing growth rate in recovery, according to a new study by the petrochemical market information provider ICIS. The study also found evidence that regulation has become a greater driver
Read moreThe Roman public transport company Atac rewards travellers who correctly deliver empty PET bottles. Passengers receive a bonus for each bottle of any size inserted in the special machines provided by Coripet (Consortium for the Recycling of PET) in metro stations. The bonus ends up in the “virtual purse” of the
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The recycling of PET bottles is an extension of the Russian waste disposal company MAG Group‘s recycling activities and is a consistent step towards a circular economy. The Herbold washing plant is being installed in Nizhniy-Novgorod at the MAG daughter company Fantastik-Plastik. The MAG Group has been active as a conventional
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One of America’s leading mainstream bottled water brand will roll out a next-generation lineup of recyclable, reusable and package-free options – anchored by the first-ever HybridBottle in the U.S. made out of 50% plant-based, renewable material (PlantBottle) and recycled PET (rPET). The 20-oz. bottles will launch nationwide in mid-2020 and will
Read morePackaging industry demonstrates innovative solutions and discusses new approaches at FachPack 2019, September 24-26, Exhibition Centre Nuremberg. Demonstrations against the flood of waste and calls for more environmental protection in the 1980s and 1990s led to the Packaging Ordinance, can deposits and dual systems. The discussion about environmentally friendly packaging is
Read moreThis week’s closure of 284 recycling redemption centers (RCs) by rePlanet, the largest operator of such centers in California, marks the latest and most significant setback to the state’s container deposit system (referred to as a bottle bill). Now is the time for Gov. Gavin Newsom to work with the state
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Recyclable packaging is a prerequisite for a functioning circular economy. In order to quickly and reliably determine the recyclability of new packaging, Henkel uses its specially developed software tool EasyD4R. Henkel has now made this assessment tool publicly available on its website that more companies and organisations can use it and
Read moreMorssinkhof-Rymoplast is building a PET processing plant in Markranstädt, in the Leipzig-region in Saxony, Germany. From recycled PET raw material PET granulate will be produced, which will be used for the production of new water bottles and the soft drink industry. This plant is a valuable addition to the existing recycling
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